Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Norway not in Israel’s ‘good books’

BBC: Israel has cancelled a meeting with a visiting Norwegian minister after he held talks with the prime minister of the new Palestinian unity government.

Norway was the first Western country to recognise the new government which contains members of the militant group Hamas and its main rival, Fatah.

Israel says it will not deal with the new administration, and has called for a continued international boycott. Norway-Hamas link angers Israel

Mark Alexander